On Friday 15th May
2015 the General Assembly of ETN
(European Textile Network) took place at the
Golden Tulip Hotel, Leiden Holland. This Assembly was
attended by 60 members. Beatrijs Sterk retired
and also the Hannover Secretariat cannot continue.
There were the following decisions about future of ETN:
ETN members Christina Leitner and Andreas Selzer from
the Textile Centre in Haslach, Austria, offered that
from 2017 onwards the Bureau for ETN would move to their
Centre.
They also outlined some proposals for ETN in the future:
 They think of a new rhythm of meetings with a Conference
in Haslach every three years. In the years in between
there could be conferences in other countries together
with local textile actors. The Haslach conferences
programme would include lectures on one certain topic
plus networking sessions.
 They would also organise a curated exhibition of
work by ETN members and an ETN prize for outstanding
artistic or scientific textile work.
 They plan to go on with the Newsletter, and to
create a new website where each member could upload
information.
 One more proposal was to create scholarships for
ETN members with ETN members and artistic residencies.
They thanked Beatrjs Sterk and Lala de Dios for meeting
them in Helsinki ETN during the recent NTA Conference and
so having the opportunity to discuss the future of ETN.

They are already in talks with the government and the
textile industry for financial support. However, they
will not be ready to take over the network administration
until 2017.

For
the period 2015 - 2017

As the closing of the Hannover Secretariat office
cannot be delayed any longer, Lala de Dios
offered to take over the running of ETN, working
from her office near Madrid, Spain, untill, at least, the
2017 General Assembly.

She offered:
 To do / coordinate all the administrative tasks
regarding the network finances, membership and others.
 To go on sending information to members, via the
Newsletter unless other means be devised by the Board.
Also sending
the Calendar and the ETN membership list due to be
published in 2016.
 To update the ETN data base so that all previous
work does not go wasted.
 To receive and answer the mail.
 To take care of the organization of the 2017
Conference.
 To take care of any other matter related to the
operation of the network.
Board members Patricia Christy and Vibeke Vestby were
willing to remain on the Board.

Since October the Costume committee has
a website: www.costume-committee.org.
- the deadline for the next Costume News, 2010 is April 15th
2010.
Recommended size for pictures in the
gallery is ca. 800 x 600 pixels.

In the members section there is the members directory
If you are a member of ICOM and if you would like to have
access the procedure is the following:
You choose a log-in name and a password.
In order to maintain the high level of security which isr
required, the editor (Pernilla Rasmussen) must check that
your name appears on the current membership list before
she allows access. If so, she sends to you an e-mail that
the password is enabled, and then you can log in. If you
forget user name and password you have to open a new
account.

Any members with experience and/or
contacts in Shanghai are welcome to contact the Board
with suggestions. Note there is a possibility of applying
for a travel bursary (see the ICOM site), and Director
General Julien Anfruns announced when he visited in Lyon
that favorable airfares would also be available.

ICOM participation in the Shanghai World Expo:
Though one of the first deadlines has already passed,
anyone eager to contribute costume images to ICOMs
presentation at the Shanghai World Expo can contact Ms.
Yu Zhang (yu.zhang@icom.museum). The theme is
Better City, Better Life, and the
Expo takes place from May to October 2010.

Textile
Centers
in Great Britain:

- Constance Howard Resource
and Research Centre in Textiles.www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/constance-howard/index.htmlThe Constance Howard Resource and Research
Centre in Textiles is housed in the basement of the
elaborate late Victorian Old Town Hall building in New
Cross high street:
Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross,
London SE14 6NW, UK
Telephone +44 (0)20 7919 7171

netzwerk
mode textil -Interessenvertretung
der kulturwissenschaftlichen Textil-, Kleider- und
Modeforschung e.V.
is a new textile group - in german
language, founded in July 2008 by Jutta Beder, Elisabeth
Hackspiel and Gundula Wolter. The aim is to unite
everybody interested in textiles and costume. There is a
calendar of exhibits and meetings, as well as a list of
new books about textiles and costumes.http://www.netzwerk-mode-textil.de/

HV - a "House of
Textiles" maintaining traditional skills while
pioneering new developments in textile art. The complex
is a powerful force for arts and crafts of the highest
quality.

THE ICELANDIC TEXTILE CENTER
This institution was founded in the town of Bl÷nduˇs in
Iceland. Its aim is to promote Icelandic and
international textiles by holding seminars and to
encourage research as well as education within the
textile field of art and design.
More information: E-mail: textilsetur@simnet.is
and http://www.textilsetur.is

International Embroidery Research and Development
Center, Tainan, TaiwanEmbroidery is
part of the cultural heritage that has been passed on
from earlier generations. Located at the junction of
Mainland China and the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan has been
greatly influenced by the eastern and western
civilization.
The International Embroidery Research & Development
Center was established in February 2000, to promote the
needlecrafts through research and teaching.